Conflation Nation: Flotillas, Fearmongering & Farewell Hyacinth

The Trawl

Jemma Forte & Marina Purkiss

News, Politics, Government

4.7 • 867 Ratings

🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

This week, Marina’s on holiday and Jemma’s steering the ship so expect one or two Trawl anomalies to have slipped through the net and, honestly, what a week to be at the helm.

The Trawl ladies cover the horrific attack on the Jewish community in Manchester, Starmer's reaction, the subsequent mosque attack, and what happened to the flotillas carrying desperately needed aid that never made it through. Greta Thunberg proves, once again, she’s got more moral clarity than most world leaders, while Trump and Tommy Robinson… do not.

Meanwhile, Labour manage to disappoint on an Olympic scale, cracking down further on protest, while Zack Polanski reminds us what principled politics can actually sound like. Plus: Jemma and Marina bid farewell to national treasure Patricia Routledge.

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2:01.8	Hello and welcome to The Trawl where we wander through the pixelated pandemonium of social media,
2:06.4	dragging the best and worst of it over here so you don't have to. I'm Marina Perkis.
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